One of them had an especially close connection to him.
Linda Kaye Henning was Paul’s daughter.
Bea Benaderet reportedly encouraged the idea of casting Linda as Betty Jo, helping launch a role that would become inseparable from the actress.Billie Jo memorabilia
The Hooterville Cannonball created another collection of amusing inconsistencies.
According to the show’s premise, the train was essentially the primary way to reach the isolated Shady Rest Hotel. The nearest usable road wasn’t exactly supposed to provide convenient transportation.
But as the seasons continued, that isolation became remarkably flexible.
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Characters would occasionally appear at the hotel despite apparently never arriving on the Cannonball. Someone might enter shortly after the train had departed, while another guest could already be at the hotel moments before the Cannonball supposedly delivered visitors.
Apparently, the Hooterville Cannonball ran according to whatever schedule that week’s script required.
